Nick Allen

As EVP, Managing Director New York, Nick partners with senior leadership to grow and manage the office, fostering culture, drive collaboration across office talent, and further relationships with new and existing clients. With more than 18 years of global marketing experience, Nick is a passionate driver of building disruptive platforms, programs, products and campaigns for clients. He has created internationally recognizable work that has won a breadth of awards across effectiveness, design, media, film, mobile, web, and innovation.
Prior to his current role, Nick led R/GA’s relationships with Verizon, Unilever, Ally and Disney. Before joining R/GA, Nick was the Group Business Head at Anomaly New York across the agency’s Diageo portfolio and their New York Life business. Prior to that, he led the global Jaguar Land Rover account at The Brooklyn Brothers agency in London. He was also part of the integrated global leadership teams at IPG Team Nokia and WPP Team Vodafone where he accrued a wealth of technology and telecommunications experience.
Nick studied Economics and Management at Leeds University and started his working career as a waiter in the EPCOT Centre at Walt Disney World. An avid traveler who has lived in London, Sydney, and New York, Nick now resides in Brooklyn with his wife Katie.